The Missing Years and the Magi's Student
The Case That Jesus of Nazareth Was Trained in Zoroastrian Theology — Built From Biblical Evidence, Historical Record, and the Words of Jesus Himself The Gap There is a hole in the most important biography in human history. The Gospel of Luke records that when Jesus was twelve years old, his parents found him in the Temple in Jerusalem, sitting among the teachers, "listening to them and asking them questions" (Luke 2:46). Everyone who heard him "was amazed at his understanding and his answers" (Luke 2:47). Then the record goes dark.
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The Case That Jesus of Nazareth Was Trained in Zoroastrian Theology — Built From Biblical Evidence, Historical Record, and the Words of Jesus Himself The Gap There is a hole in the most important biography in human history. The Gospel of Luke records that when Jesus was twelve years old, his parents found him in the Temple in Jerusalem, sitting among the teachers, "listening to them and asking them questions" (Luke 2:46). Everyone who heard him "was amazed at his understanding and his answers" (Luke 2:47). Then the record goes dark. The next time Jesus appears in the Gospels, he is approximately thirty years old (Luke 3:23), being baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River, and immediately beginning a public ministry that would reshape human civilization. Eighteen years.
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Yasna · Avesta · Dead Sea Scrolls